An Integrated System of Decentralized Mastery
There’s no shortage of extremely talented humans, of all crafts, who end up being exploited by the system, call it management or industry, because they don’t understand the art of business. The art of reality.
But from today onward, a well-rounded person can function as a ‘one-person company’ because of how generally intelligent AI is. This is already happening. Therefore the days of loyally-staffed entities are gone save for doing something extraordinary like building a rocket. So more than ‘jobs’ there will be demand and desire … and healthy turnover … and maybe more decentralization in domains that truly move the needle.
Let AI turn every single person into a one-person company, Whole, honest, and powerful, and society can evolve into an integrated system of decentralized mastery where waste is zero, where the rift is finally closed (again).
The corporate structure is the most unnatural thing that has happened in all of human history. It unravelling equals a return to the natural order. Humans are fundamentally integrated beings not specialists.
I’ve met people who run small farms, food forests, who often produce so much fruit that they just give stuff away for free sometimes. There are people who are living in India who, in their backyards, have mango and jackfruit and coconut trees that yield so much that there’s nothing to do except give some of it away.
I think AI will function similarly. Are there people who won’t be able to harness AI because of whatever limited ability they have? Sure, that exists, there are some of them. But the effects of AI will be so profound that, more or less, humans will be taken care of by other humans in a decentralized fashion. It is in fact centralization that brings out the worst in us.
AI elevates the human so why are some companies laying off? They are laying off because what they sell is not ‘positive alpha’. They sell painkillers. They are pinching themselves every day that they are still in business. Of course then, it’s about cutting costs.
Let me put it another way. Companies that sell underwater-to-ground, aka painkillers of any sort, will lay off staff because they are in the cost-cutting business. Things like dating apps, healthcare/pharmacare, supplements, almost anything banking/finance related … are really a move from underwater to ground level. Actually, that’s the best-case scenario. They usually pull us deeper underwater. They take something that is broken, but really should never have been, and claim to make it not broken again. Often they are the breakers themselves.
On the flip side, those who create ground-to-sky will produce a lot more because they sell ‘positive alpha’, that is, things that empower humans. On the broadest level, think about the internet, airplanes/trains/cars, and smart phones … these are real innovations. They take us from ground level to the sky. They elevate human potential, make life more fun, and they do not degrade health if used correctly. On a personal level, such creations will be even more interesting.
Nobody who builds for a customer they don’t fundamentally respect and admire will last. Won’t happen. The product might last (in increasingly diluted forms), but the person won’t. They will either burn out or give up or sell it or step down.
The dumb city prioritizes pharmacare, education, and economic growth.
The smart city prioritizes nothing. But it integrates nature, gastronomy, software, art, music, and movement into something cohesive, decentralized, and abundance-producing.
A town/city where everyone runs their own small business specializing in their unique ability, like different lifeforms in a forest, from shrub to tree to bird to snail. Integrated, decentralized, and resilient. The way Nature intended.
The direction this world is headed … we absolutely need decentralization, at scale, to live our best lives. The tech, integrity, and intelligence is there in, yes in small but still sufficient amounts. Things are being eroded/undermined/destroyed at a rapid pace.
I sometimes think every country should cut off all trade with every other country, establish itself as self-sufficient in all aspects while regenerating soil health, and then open up trade again to make for the best possible version of this planet. In fact countries should be re-drawn such that this is actually doable. These are the makings of an integrated system, and therefore, every “component” must too be integrated (fractal). Once assembled, it is whole, and without waste, just perfect, like nature.
This is why large-scale “innovation”, that is, the type of innovation created by the centralized mind, is overrated. One should be able to trade/talk/interact with others directly and just do things. A decentralized, integrated system. Life then, would be centered around quality, taste, and inspiration not “problem solving”.
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